2021–22 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise season

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
season
Owner	Tony Bloom
Chairman	Alex Muzio
Manager	Felice Mazzù
Stadium	Stade Joseph Marien
Belgian First Division A	1st
Belgian Cup	Fifth Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Deniz Undav (4); All: ; Deniz Undav (4)
Highest home attendance	4,500 (vs. KV Kortrijk, 14 August 2021)
Lowest home attendance	3,200 (vs. Club Brugge, 1 August 2021)
Biggest win	3-0 (vs. Beerschot, 7 August 2021)
Biggest defeat	0-1 (vs. Club Brugge, 1 August 2021)
	← 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season will be the 124th season in the existence of Royale Union Saint-Gilloise and the club's first season back in the top flight of Belgian football since the 1972-73 season. In addition to the domestic league, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise will participate in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 1 July 2021^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	NED	Bart Nieuwkoop
4	DF	DEN	Jonas Bager
5	DF	BEL	Anas Hamzaoui
6	MF	DEN	Casper Nielsen
7	MF	ENG	Matthew Sorinola
8	MF	CIV	Jean Thierry Lazare (on loan from Charleroi)
9	FW	GER	Deniz Undav
10	MF	ENG	Marcel Lewis
11	MF	ITA	Lorenzo Paolucci
13	FW	BEL	Dante Vanzeir
16	DF	ENG	Christian Burgess
17	MF	MLT	Teddy Teuma
19	DF	BEL	Guillaume François


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	BEL	Senne Lynen
21	GK	BEL	Lucas Pirard
23	FW	ISL	Aron Sigurðarson
25	MF	BEL	Damien Marcq
26	GK	BEL	Kerian Atheba
33	GK	BEL	Tibo Herbots
43	MF	SVN	Nik Lorbek
44	DF	BEL	Siebe Van der Heyden
49	GK	LUX	Anthony Moris
59	DF	MAR	Ismaël Kandouss
90	FW	URU	Felipe Avenatti (on loan from Standard Liège)
94	MF	MAD	Loïc Lapoussin

Transfers[]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

19 June 2021 Friendly	Tempo Overijse	0–5	Union Saint-Gilloise	showBelgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)

23 June 2021 Friendly	Heist	1–3	Union Saint-Gilloise	showBelgium
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)

26 June 2021 Friendly	Zulte Waregem	0–4	Union Saint-Gilloise	showBelgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)

30 June 2021 Friendly	Standard Liège	0–0	Union Saint-Gilloise	showBelgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

6 July 2021 Friendly	Union Saint-Gilloise	6–2	Deinze	showBelgium
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

9 July 2021 Friendly	Lens	0–1	Union Saint-Gilloise	showFrance
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)

14 July 2021 Friendly	Union Saint-Gilloise	1–1	Valenciennes	showBelgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

17 July 2021 Friendly	Amiens	3–4	Union Saint-Gilloise	showFrance
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)

31 July 2021 Friendly	Jong AZ	6–1	Union Saint-Gilloise	showNetherlands
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Note: The match was played in two 45 minutes halves and two 25 minutes halves.

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian First Division A	25 July 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1	4	3	0	1	8	2	+6	075.00
Belgian Cup	29 August 2021		Fifth Round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				4	3	0	1	8	2	+6	075.00

Last updated: 20 August 2021
Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Club Brugge	7	4	2	1	15	11	+4	14	Qualification for the Europa Conference League and Play-offs I^[a]
2	Union SG	7	4	1	2	14	6	+8	13	Qualification for the Play-offs I
3	Standard Liège	7	4	1	2	8	11	−3	13
4	Charleroi	7	3	4	0	15	8	+7	13
5	Genk	6	3	2	1	12	7	+5	11	Qualification for the Play-offs II

Updated to match(es) played on 13 September 2021. Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[2]
Notes:

^ The regular season winners will qualify for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League if they do not qualify for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League in the playoffs or for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League through the 2021–22 Belgian Cup.

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	3	0	1	8	2	+6	9	1	0	1	2	1	+1	2	0	0	6	1	+5

Last updated: 1 August 2021.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Position	2	7	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2021. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.^[3]

25 July 2021 1	Anderlecht	1–3	Union Saint-Gilloise	showAnderlecht
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Verschaeren 45+2' Hoedt 66' Murillo 90+4' Amuzu 90+5'	Report	Undav 20', 62' François 50' Lapoussin 52' Lazare 73' Avenatti 80'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

1 August 2021 2	Union Saint-Gilloise	0–1	Club Brugge	showBrussels
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Avenatti 37' Van der Heyden 80'	Report	Nsoki 82' Sobol 84' Pérez 90'	Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Wim Smet

7 August 2021 3	Beerschot	0-3	Union Saint-Gilloise	showAntwerp
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Noubissi 49' Van den Bergh 90+4'	Report	Undav 14', 50' Teuma 43' Lapoussin 54' Kandouss 84' Marcq 88'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee:

14 August 2021 4	Union Saint-Gilloise	2-0	KV Kortrijk	showBrussels
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Vanzeir 9' Lynen 52'	Report	Palaversa 10' Derijck 15' Sainsbury 39' Rougeaux 43' Chevalier 54' Fixelles 64' Moreno 83'	Stadium: Attendance: 4,500 Referee:

22 August 2021 5	KV Mechelen	v	Union Saint-Gilloise	showMechelen
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne

28 August 2021 6	Union Saint-Gilloise	v	Standard de Liège	showBrussels
--:--		Report		Stadium:

11 September 2021 7	Racing Genk	v	Union Saint-Gilloise	showGenk
20:45		Report		Stadium: Luminus Arena

Belgian Cup[]

29 August 2021 5	Union Saint-Gilloise	v	Patro Eisden or	showBrussels
--:--				Stadium:

References[]

^ "Noyau A". Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
^ "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Associtation Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ "Pro League 2021/2022: Un choc d'entrée pour le Standard et Anderlecht". www.footnews.be (in French). 8 June 2021.

[table_note_res_RW0.61994722840374-2] The regular season winners will qualify for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League if they do not qualify for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League in the playoffs or for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League through the 2021–22 Belgian Cup.

[1] "Noyau A". Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

[3] "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Associtation Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

[4] "Pro League 2021/2022: Un choc d'entrée pour le Standard et Anderlecht". www.footnews.be (in French). 8 June 2021.

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